Marathon talks at the World Trade Organization aimed at stitching together a tit-for-tat deal went round the clock into Friday with a long-sought agreement on fishing subsidies still hanging in the balance.
The World Trade Organization's ministerial conference will run over into a fifth day Thursday in the hope of striking thus-far elusive deals on fishing subsidies, food security and combating Covid-19.
Goyal said he thought the negotiations would be a success, unlike the last conference in 2017 in Buenos Aires which concluded without a major agreement
Over 160 countries are taking part in the 12th ministerial meeting of the WTO at Geneva. And divergences between developed and developing countries may make it challenging for them to agree on issues plaguing the global economy. Mint explains: